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Michelle Gorman- McCabe

    The Cow Creeks

      Boston Naval Shipyard

        Play Place at the Union

          What is a Warhol

            Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

              DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

              DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

              DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                Pedestrian Flag Program

                  Angel’s Flight

                  Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                  Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                  • los angeles
                  • transit
                  • funicular railroads
                  • angel’s flight

                  Cheshire Public Library Addition

                  CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                  CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                  • library
                  • cheshire
                  • connecticut

                  Sherman Line Rosenwald School

                  The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

                  The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

                  • mississippi
                  • rosenwald school
                  • education
                  • pike county
                  • amite county

                  Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

                  Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                  Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                  • rachmaninoff
                  • composer
                  • pianist

                  Babe Ruth lived here, and there

                  George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                  George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                  • babe ruth
                  • baseball

                  Bo Diddley

                  FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                  FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                  • mississippi
                  • blues trail
                  • rock
                  • pike county

                  The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

                    Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

                      Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

                        POW's MIA's and Their Families

                          J. D. Howard Father of Lava Beds National Monument

                            Klamath Basin Potato Festival

                            • potato festival